Join UMUC for an Evening in Cyberspace, a Black-Tie Gala, April 2, 2011

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Proceeds from this black-tie event will help fund scholarships for students enrolled in the university's cybersecurity programs. The event will feature a keynote by General Michael V. Hayden (USAF, Retired), principal of The Chertoff Group and former director of the Central Intelligence Agency and National Security Agency. Visit www.umuc.edu/cybersecuritygala to register. For more information, please e-mail events@umuc.edu.

Hackers breach security giant RSA’s network

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EMC’s security division RSA has revealed its own network has been breached by hackers who launched an ‘extremely sophisticated’ attack that may have compromised the company’s SecureID authentication service. In a note to customers, executive chairman Art Coviello said the company had identified a sophisticated cyber attack in the form of an advanced persistent threat (APT).

Core Security Technologies present IT SECURITY WEBCAST with Ed Skoudis, Josh Wright, and Kevin Johnson

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During this webcast, security swashbucklers Ed Skoudis, Joshua Wright and Kevin Johnson will return with more penetration testing madness and demonstrate techniques that you can use to proactively assess the security of Cisco networking equipment throughout your organization.

MANDIANT NAMES RICHARD BEJTLICH CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER, SECURITY SERVICES ARCHITECT

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Bejtlich, one of the most influential voices on incident response and computer forensics, joins MANDIANT from General Electric where he served as Director of Incident Response and leader of GE's Computer Incident Response Team.

GovSec 2011 Conference Includes Cybercrime and Cyberterrorism Sessions

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An exciting conference aimed at security and government professionals takes place March 29-31 in Washington, D.C. GovSec 2011 Conference & Expo offers 30+ sessions in four tracks including Protecting from Cyberterrorism and Cybercrime. You can find out more about these and speakers here: http://bit.ly/GovSecCS

TakeDownCon Dallas 2011

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TakeDown will offer some of the most sought-after information security training that will equip you with the skills to defend your IT security infrastructures. It covers topics such as Ethical Hacking, Computer Forensics, Penetration Testing, Application Security, Social Engineering, and Physical Security, among others. Some of the available training at TakeDownCon Dallas 2011:

White House Conference on Cyber-Bullying Prevention

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Today, March 10 at 10:30am EST the President, First Lady, the Department of Education, and the Department of Health and Human Services will welcome students, parents, and teachers to the White House for a Conference on Cyber-Bullying Prevention. Cyber bullying is bullying through digital communication technologies such as emails, instant messaging, text-messages, digital photos, web postings, and other means of electronic communications. The conference begins with opening remarks by The President and the First Lady on bullying prevention.

TakeDownCon – Attend a Training and Get an iPad – TakeDownCon Dallas 2011

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SecurityOrb is proud to be one of the Premier Education Partners of the brand new TakeDownCon series, which will be making its debut in Dallas, TX, from May 14 - 19, 2011